La rivista Forbes premia Red Hat Linuxlandia

27/03/2008 GMT 1

La rivista Forbes premia Red Hat

linuxlandia @ 09:01

La prestigiosa rivista finanziaria Forbes ha stilato la classifica delle 25 aziende più in crescita degli Stati Uniti.

Tra queste c'è anche Red Hat, all'undicesimo posto, capace di far crescere le vendite di circa il 41% basando tutti i suoi affari sull'Open Source.

Al primo posto troviamo il solito Google che quest'anno ha migliorato le sue vendite di circa il 155%

La notizia:

Red Hat Growth Recognized by Forbes Magazine

Last week, Forbes recognized Red Hat on its list of the top 25 fastest-growing technology companies in America. Forbes’ sixth-annual list includes a broad spectrum of companies from biotech to aerospace, and recognizes seven software-related companies. Red Hat made the list this year for the first time and was ranked eleventh overall. Other top names in technology on the list include Google, ranked first overall, and SalesForce.com, ranked second.

The list may be published annually, but the criteria for inclusion is based on a long horizon of performance and the delivery of solid results that reflect hard work over the years. The criteria for Forbes’ list mainly focused on sales growth, profitability, growth outlook and the lack of legal, accounting or corporate governance issues.

From an investor’s perspective (where future results are key), the list also seems to include those companies that the equity analyst community believes are positioned to deliver double-digit earnings growth well into the future. Given our fast, top-line growth, strong EBITDA margins and high cash flow yield, Red Hat is a standout company on Forbes’ survey of over 2,000 public companies. It isn’t every day that a technology company of our size can show the strong results and potential reflected in Red Hat’s recent financial earnings. We’ll be reporting our fourth quarter and FY08 financial earnings at the end of March, so watch for more growth opportunities ahead for Red Hat.

Rank	Company	Business	Price ($)	EPS Growth (%)¹	5-Yr Sales Growth (%)²	Latest 12-Mo Sales ($Mil)
1	Google	online search engine, web portal	638.25	30	155	14,973
2	Salesforce.com	sales mgmt software	54.47	40	85	676
3	Ceradyne	aerospace, defense ceramics	46.26	10	75	744
4	Euronet Worldwide	banking software	27.33	20	69	821
5	FalconStor Software	archive, backup software	8.79	28	58	73
6	Cognizant Technology Solutions	consulting	27.11	32	53	1,960
7	Celgene	biotechnology	54.27	35	53	1,266
8	LifeCell	biotechnology	43.30	30	^3,4	177^3,4
9	Martek Biosciences	nutritional supplements	33.55	18	42	307
10	j2 Global Communications	internet telecom svcs	20.40	17	42	204
11	Red Hat	Linux software	19.65	22	41	493
12	Digital River	e-commerce services	33.24	23	41	335
13	Genentech	biotechnology	71.50	26	41⁴	11,725⁴
14	DRS Technologies	aerospace, defense	52.88	12	39	2,999
15	L-3 Communications Holdings	communications equipment	105.58	17	38	13,540
16	Vocus	public relations mgmt software	29.04	30	37	54
17	CommVault Systems	archive, backup software	19.01	25	37	172
18	FARO Technologies	measuring equipment	22.21	18	35	176
19	Comtech Telecommunications	telecommunications equipment	47.35	13	31	464
20	Network Appliance	data storage hardware, software	22.88	18	30	3,012
21	NII Holdings	Latin America wireless telecom svcs	49.26	36	30	3,023
22	Diodes	semiconductors	24.33	19	28	388
23	Dolby Laboratories	audio technology	51.31	20	23	482
24	Gen-Probe	DNA diagnostic technology	62.70	21	23	395
25	Adobe Systems	imaging software	38.05	15	23	3,158

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Prices as of January 11. EPS = Earnings Per Share
¹ Annualized, projected over next three to five years.
² Annualized.
³ Excludes Sales form research grants.
⁴ Unaudited.
Sources: Audit Integrity; Forbes; FT Interactive Data, Reuters Fundamentals, Thomson IBES and Worldscope via FactSet Research Systems; Standard & Poor's; Value Line

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